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Schloss Gabelhöfen

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I  have stayed in a lot of hotels for work but I never stayed in a hotel that was a castle.  The Schloss Gabelhofen is 12 kilometres from the Red Bull Ring in the town of Fohnsdorf near Spielberg in Austria. The former castle had been turned into 57 room hotel in October 1994. HISTORY The   building   was   first   mentioned  in  1443   Riegersdorf   as   justice ,   which   belonged   to  the   lordship  of  Liechtenstein   in   Judenburg .  In   1490 ,  the   courtyard   of   the   Pfanngauer went ,   and  began  the   expansion   to the Renaissance   water Castle . After   the   extinction   of the   dynasty   of the   Pfanngauer ,  the   castle   of   the   Pranckhherren Catzianer   and   gall   came .   1494   the  ...